With a few simple guidelines in your napkin etiquette toolkit, you'll be well on your way to mastering an evening of fancy ...

If you’re like me, you have countless table setting photos saved, full of ornately folded cloth napkins that coordinate ... roll and shoved to the side of a dinner plate. While the meal is ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a dinner party, the hostess had set a lovely table with flowers and candles. I complimented her on the setting. Later, as dinner started, I found the flowers blocking my view ...

Pierce suggests festive napkins, wine or a non-alcoholic beverage to share, or even a holiday ornament as alternatives to flowers. Listen to their full conversation by clicking on the player button.

Instead: “I might have the florist send flowers in a vase.” Garten also avoids bringing wine. “If it's chilled, you feel like you have to serve it, even though it doesn't go with the dinner ...

“When I'm invited to somebody's house for dinner I always want to bring something ... you have to do the cooking and the cocktails and flowers. It's a lot of work,” the 13-time cookbook ...

This dress is perfect for a cocktail party as well as a romantic dinner. Fabric & design: Made from velvet and satin, the gown offers a sense of luxury that matches its appearance. The gentle knit ...

full of ornately folded cloth napkins that coordinate perfectly with matching china. The reality of my everyday table is much different, the cleanup depending on paper towels ripped carelessly off the ...

The May hawthorn, which bears white blossoms in early spring, became known as Mary's Flower of May. In earlier times "bringing ... marigolds fell out. The lowly violet was associated with humility and ...

Suresh Gopi speaking about the violet flower bouquet he brought while paying a visit to Sathyan Anthikad's home as the director's wife Nimmy and son Anoop Sathyan look on Thrissur: When Union ...